5.5

CVE-2025-38452: net: ethernet: rtsn: Fix a null pointer dereference in rtsn_probe()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38452DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38452
Published 25-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38452 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
DSA-5975-1USN-7879-1USN-7879-2USN-7879-3USN-7879-4USN-7880-1

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: rtsn: Fix a null pointer dereference in rtsn_probe() Add check for the return value of rcar_gen4_ptp_alloc() to prevent potential null pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.15% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu92 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ b0d3969d2b4db82602492cad576b8de494a12ddf, < 9f260e16b297f8134c5f90bb5a20e805ff57e853 | ≥ b0d3969d2b4db82602492cad576b8de494a12ddf, < d52eb4f0e0ca9a5213b8795abbeb11a325d9b22d | ≥ b0d3969d2b4db82602492cad576b8de494a12ddf, < 95a234f6affbf51f06338383537ab80d637bb785 | 6.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.12.39 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.7 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2 | 6.16:rc3 | 6.16:rc4 | 6.16:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.41-1 | < 6.16.3-1

3 vendors · 95 products

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